Difference between hose and tube
Difference between hose and tube
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This is as simple as you can get. These terms are used interchangeably but catalogues differentiate them. What's a tube and what's a hose?
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Difference between hose and tube
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RE: Difference between hose and tube
A hose's nominal size is its inside diameter.
Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
RE: Difference between hose and tube
- a tube is rigid to semi rigid whilst a hose is flexible.
- a tube is of a single material whilst a hose is of multiple components.
- as previous post.
RE: Difference between hose and tube
Since, in principle both are tubes, namely have a cylindrical body with a hollow center used especially to convey fluids, I suggest you put your query to the Engineering Language/Grammar Skills forum.
RE: Difference between hose and tube
RE: Difference between hose and tube
"Tube" implies any hollow cylinder, usually of one monolithic piece of material. Artillerymen sometimes refer to their weapons as "tubes".